Overview
Against a background of war breaking out in Europe and the Mexican fiesta Day of Death, we are taken through one day in the life of Geoffrey Firmin, a British consul living in alcoholic disrepair and obscurity in a small southern Mexican town in 1939. The consul's self-destructive behaviour, perhaps a metaphor for a menaced civilization, is a source of perplexity and sadness to his nomadic, idealistic half-brother, Hugh, and his ex-wife, Yvonne, who has returned with hopes of healing Geoffrey and their broken marriage.
Details
- Director
- John Huston
- Writer
- Guy Gallo
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
- N/A
Cast
Albert Finney
Anthony Andrews
Carlos Riquelme
Dawson Bray
Ignacio López Tarso
Jacqueline Bisset
James Villiers
Jim McCarthy
José René Ruiz
Katy Jurado
Keywords
1930s
alcoholic
alcoholism
based on novel or book
bullfighting
consul
cuckold
day of the dead
depression
drunk
fascism
foreign diplomat
half-brother
husband wife relationship
mexico
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